Citation

de Andrade AG. Addiction 2008; 103(5): 854-855.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02131.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Comments on an article by P. J. Adams (see record 2007-09383-006). Adams examined the risks taken by health, research and community organizations when they opt to receive funding from dangerous consumption industries and to identify ways in which they might generate their own assessment of these risks. As stressed in Adam's paper, it is necessary to develop awareness of the level of an organization's involvement with industry funding. It is also crucial to create evaluation mechanisms to ensure the independence of the organization. However, the possible conflict of interest concerns not only the alcohol, tobacco and gambling industry; but the ethics of a relationship between industry and research cannot be reduced to the moral conflict between the public good and the commercial agenda of the dangerous consumption industry. In fact, other industries, such as the pharmaceutical industry, should be included. The goal of the alcohol section was to gather epidemiological data about the pattern of alcohol use in Brazil and its consequences on people's behavior and mental health, including the occurrence of domestic violence and accidents. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)